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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by cjbgkagh on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:33AM (#33009160)
The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if they’ll join a secret lobby agitating for war between China and Taiwan, if Apple can’t get 6% off TMSC then no-one can. Then build a US based plant subsidized with taxpayer money.
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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by Apocryphon on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:44PM (#33010070)
A futuristic, high-tech variant of how Nestlé, United Fruit, and Dole use(d) gunboat diplomacy to create banana republics.
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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by ras3022 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:47PM (#33010111)
In that scenario how does Apple source all the parts made in China? They would be better off paying the 6%
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Re:Apple Has Reportedly Rejected TSMC's Chip Price Hike of 6% by cjbgkagh on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:00PM (#33010302)
It’s not just 6% it’s also losing a negotiation which is much much worse. Other suppliers will start to play hard ball, it’ll never end.
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